AGENDA

NPP Data Users Workshop
June 21-22, 2012
Westin Washington DC City Center: 1400 M Street NW

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Thursday, June 21
8:15 - 8:45	Greetings and workshop purpose	L. Friedl (NASA/HQ)
8:45 - 9:30	Update on status of NPP Mission and instruments. NPP Science Team meeting summary.	D. Wickland (NASA/HQ)
9:30 - 10:00	JPSS – Current status and future	M. Goldberg (NOAA)
10:00	Break
10:15	NPP instruments - performace characteristics
10:15 - 10:40	VIIRS	C. Hsu (NASA/GSFC)
10:40 - 11:00	ATMS	W. Blackwell (MIT)
11:00 - 11:20	CrIS	J. Susskind (NASA/GSFC)
11:20 - 11:40	OMPS	N. Krotkov (NASA/GSFC)
11:40 - Noon	CERES	P. Stackhouse (NASA/LaRC)
Noon	Lunch
1:30 - 2:15	NPP ground system: Data retrieval, processing, archival, and distribution	A. Grauman (NOAA) M. Goldberg (NOAA)
2:15 - 2:45	Overview of LANCE	K. Murphy (NASA/GSFC)
2:45 - 3:00	NASA product development	M. Maiden (NASA/HQ)
3:00	Break
3:30 - 3:50	NPP direct broadcast	P. Coronado (NASA/GSFC)
3:50 - 4:15	Direct broadcast science algorithms and products	L. Gumley (GST/GSFC)
4:15 - 4:30	Breakout sessions: review and instructions	J. Haynes (NASA/HQ)
4:30 - 5:30	Breakouts:
	Water resources	B. Doorn
	Eco Forecasting	W. Turner
	Disasters	F. Lindsay
	Public Health/AQ	J. Haynes
5:30	Adjourn for the day
Friday, June 22
8:15 - 8:30	Review previous day	J. Haynes (NASA/HQ)
8:30 - 9:00	Mapping urban development and gas flaring activity with nighttime VIIRS data	C. Elvidge NOAA/NESDIS
9:00 - 10:30	Breakouts continue	Breakout chairs
10:30	Break
10:45 - 12:00	Reports from the breakouts and discussion of recommendations	Breakout chairs
Noon	Lunch
1:30 - 2:15	Summary: Potential/anticipated applications from VIIRS: making the MODIS to VIIRS transition.	J. Haynes (NASA/HQ)
2:15 - 3:00	Summary: Science and applications from ATMS, CrIS, OMPS and CERES.	C. Hsu (NASA/GSFC)
3:00	Wrap-up: Actions, future workshops, etc.	J. Haynes (NASA/HQ)
3:30	Adjourn